Beauden Barrett in doubt for New Zealand's game against Argentina after injury scare during training

All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett had an injury scare during a training session ahead of Saturday's third round Rugby Championship clash against Argentina.

Barrett sustained a dangerous collision with Springbok wing Kurt-Lee Arendse in the closing stage of the game with the latter red-carded after the incident during the opening round of the competition against the Springboks.

Nevertheless, the 31-year-old recovered enough to take a place on the bench in the second game in Johannesburg where he played for 20 minutes.

According to a report, Barrett sustained a knock during the team’s training session at Rugby Park on Tuesday morning and returned to the team's hotel.

Jordie Barrett provided an update on his brother during a press conference after the training session.

“I was down doing skills before, and I saw he went off, but I wasn’t sure what it was for. I haven’t even seen him, he’s gone back to the hotel.”

New Zealand currently are languishing at the bottom of the Rugby Championship table with a win and a defeat apiece in the two games.